Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strategic Syrian city of Hama falls to rebels in major blow to Bashar al-Assad Syrian rebel groups have captured the central city ...

Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the ...

The central province of Hama has completely fallen out of the Assad regime's control for the first time since the onset of the Syrian civil war, as its strategic importance began to garner attention.

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama ...

Syrian opposition factions announced capturing the key city of Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to ...

The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said on Thursday (December 5, 2024), in another setback for President Bashar Assad ...

A statue of the late Syrian president, Hafez al-Assad, the father of President Bashar al-Assad, has been torn down in the city of Hama. Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of the country's ...

Life has begun to return to normal in Syria’s Hama province, which was recently captured by the groups that overthrew the Baath regime in Syria. In Hama, where the people expressed sympathy for the ...

Syrian opposition militias have stormed Hama city in central Syria, in a sweeping offensive that threatens the stability of President Bashar Assad's regime. In 13 years of civil war, in which other ...

Syrian rebels say they have started pushing into Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian airstrikes are trying to stave off a new rebel victory and halt the insurgents ...

The Hama that Mohammed Hisham Barazanko paints does not exist any more. Some features in his pictures are recognisable: there are alleyways covered by pointed arches like the ones near his studio. And ...